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A damning report into last week’s Budget leak said the error was the worst failure in the OBR’s 15-year history

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OBR chief Richard Hughes has resigned after a damning new report said the unprecedented leak of last week’s Budget was the worst failure in the watchdog’s 15-year history, as it revealed the error had happened before during the chancellor’s spring statement.